Blacklight Blue: Library Edition (Enzo Files) [Audio Cassette]

Peter May (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2008 | Series: Enzo Files (Book 3)

Enzo MacLeod, a Scot teaching on a faculty at Cahors in southwest France, confidently bet that he could use his expertise to crack seven notorious murders described in a book on cold cases by Parisian journalist Roger Raffin. Enzo has in fact solved the first two crimes.
But the third is far from his mind right now: heas just been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and heas become the victim of someone who seems intent on destroying his credit and his relationshipsaand getting him arrested for murder. This is one instance where his Scottish stubbornness might pay off.
Having established a safe house to protect his loved ones, besieged now as it were, he sets to work. Are his personal woes somehow connected to the digging heas done into the brutal murder of a rent boy in a Paris apartment sixteen years ago, as Raffin has described? What further remnants of evidence can he reviewaand can he stay alive long enough to catch the long-hidden killer? This is the third installment in the Enzo MacLeod series.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In May's dark, intense third mystery to feature Scottish forensic scientist Enzo Macleod, Enzo takes on his third cold case described in a book by Parisian journalist Roger Raffin—the murder of a rent boy 16 years earlier—but Enzo's investigation runs into trouble after he's diagnosed with terminal cancer and he's framed for murder. Evidently, the rent boy's killer fears Enzo will solve the crime if he ever gets a chance. May makes the French settings sharply real, while creating a seething tangle of emotional conflicts between Enzo and the people around him. By novel's end, the overall plot, like the emotional relationships, isn't really settled, which may feel frustrating—or may hook readers into following the developments of an unusually compelling ongoing saga. Those already familiar with the previous two books in the series, Extraordinary People (2006) and The Critic (2007), will be at an advantage. (Nov.)
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From Booklist

Someone is going to great lengths to keep France-based forensic biologist Enzo Macleod from solving old murder cases with new science, as he did in the first two books in this series, Extraordinary People (2006) and The Critic (2007). His daughter, Kristy, is the target of a deadly explosion, the gym operated by daughter Sophie’s boyfriend is destroyed by arson, and his own life is turned upside down by a bogus diagnosis of terminal cancer and a scheme to frame him for killing a woman friend—all to keep him from finding the murderer of a Paris rent boy in 1992. As he attempts to protect his loved ones, Enzo embarks on a cat-and-mouse game with a menacing contract killer whose bizarre background adds twists to the plot. An action-packed climax on a dark mountainside in Auvergne ties up some loose ends but leaves open future threats to Enzo’s life. Family tensions (notably with Enzo’s two daughters from different marriages) and the occasional love interest add to the appeal of this canny crime solver. --Michele Leber --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (November 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1433252090
• ISBN-13: 978-1433252099
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Murkier and murkier, a fascinating story, March 30, 2011

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carl brookins "Carl Brookins" (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blacklight Blue: The Third of the Enzo Files (Paperback)

Another in May's series with the crusty Scot Enzo MacLeod, former ace forensic scientist. Living now in France, Enzo struggles with relationships with his two daughters, and abruptly with several coordinated attacks on his relatively well-ordered life.

This novel is the third in May's excellent cold case series. A French writer has done a book about a series of old unsolved murders and a reward has been offered for anyone who can solve the cases. But unlike earlier efforts, here the target seems to be striking preemptively at Enzo and his family.

A crime novel with more than the usual twists and elements that are not what they appear to be on the surface. Enzo answers a lot of questions in the course of determining who killed a man named Lambert. But there is a lot more of substance in this emotional tale. It will entertain, mystify and perplex, right up to the very end.

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5.0 out of 5 stars superb cold case whodunit, November 11, 2008

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blacklight Blue (Enzo Files) (Hardcover)

Scottish expatriate forensic scientist Enzo Macleod has earned a well deserved reputation for solving a decades old cold case homicide (see EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE and THE CRITIC) as written in a true crime book by his daughter's boyfriend journalist Roger Raffin. Enzo has five unsolved cases left in order to complete his "read" of Raffin's book.

Roger describes the 1992 Paris murder of Yves, but Enzo finds focusing difficult on the homicide as he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer with only a few months to live. However, the culprit knows only of Enzo's success and fears the forensic expert will expose him. The killer works behind the scenes to destroy Enzo including setting him up as a murder suspect and threatens his daughter and other loved ones. Thus Enzo is forced to investigate the rent boy murder.

As with the two previous Macleod investigative thriller (see EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE and THE CRITIC), BLACKLIGHT BLUE is a superb cold case whodunit enhanced by the shocking personal health issue confronting the hero. The story line effortlessly moves back forth through four decades with the past adding to the overall drama. Fans of this extraordinary series will appreciate the irony that the killer forces Enzo to investigate.

Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars black and blue, November 7, 2011

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This review is from: Blacklight Blue: The Third of the Enzo Files (Paperback)

Tough, fast engrossing mystery that weaves past and present in an exciting read. May knows how to creat believable characters and hold his readers' attention